Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[TVwazhere]

2 hours ago, RevoltTrain said:

One of the great things about being so close to Detroit. Always see all sorts of camo'd vehicles in development, or un camo'd ones real close to their release. Had seen both new Broncos, the Mach - E, and the Powerboost before they were officially unveiled, and recently saw some RHD lifted Ranger in full camo, thinking Ranger Raptor test mule?

Hows the "real" bronco look on the road? 

[PandaCopyRight]

3 hours ago, handymanshandle said:

I'm thinking about replacing the Saab with a Mazda in a few months particularly after I move to be with my boyfriend...

 

2006 Mazda6 Wagon to be exact, ideally with the Duratec V6.

 

 

i dont really want to say anything .. but mazdas are not the greatest of cars .... 

[vetali]

7 hours ago, handymanshandle said:

I'm thinking about replacing the Saab with a Mazda in a few months particularly after I move to be with my boyfriend...

 

2006 Mazda6 Wagon to be exact, ideally with the Duratec V6.
 

I'd get a 4 cylinder. The v6 is way too slow for the loss in fuel economy. They are decent but watch out for rusty examples from the north.

4 hours ago, PandaCopyRight said:

i dont really want to say anything .. but mazdas are not the greatest of cars .... 

Shouldn't of, you have Terry syndrome where you think one example defines a whole make of cars past and present.

[PandaCopyRight]

5 minutes ago, vetali said:

Shouldn't of, you have Terry syndrome where you think one example defines a whole make of cars past and present.

no i dont, im just saying from the experience over here ... all mazdas rust to hell in like a few years and never seen or heard about a good Mazda 6 over here...
plus i didnt say that all mazdas are shit.... dont need to take it as a personal insult m8

[vetali]

11 minutes ago, PandaCopyRight said:

no i dont, im just saying from the experience over here ... all mazdas rust to hell in like a few years and never seen or heard about a good Mazda 6 over here...
plus i didnt say that all mazdas are shit.... dont need to take it as a personal insult m8

You drove a shitbox mazda and wrote them off m80. I'm just calling out bullshit advice without substantiated evidence. Don't post in the thread for 2 weeks then suddenly need to reply to someone shopping a mazda....

[PandaCopyRight]

1 hour ago, vetali said:

You drove a shitbox mazda and wrote them off m80. I'm just calling out bullshit advice without substantiated evidence. Don't post in the thread for 2 weeks then suddenly need to reply to someone shopping a mazda....

Dont act like you know everything about everyone... I didnt need to reply im just giving my opinion from what I have driven and heard about from people around me and seen in this country.
why would i post about anything if i have nothing to add to the conversation going on or nothing to start a new conversation? 
Either way ... no need to insult others when your opinion doesn't match someone else

[Bitter]

The first gen Mazda6's here in the Midwest rust away really badly over the rear arches and up front around the core support. Doing a radiator is one snapped M6 bolt after another to get the front end apart, it's terrible. The Ford 3.0 V6 isn't fantastic but it's perky at least.

[AlwaysFSX]

10 hours ago, vetali said:

Shouldn't of

have*

[bcredeur97]

19 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

have*

Great timing for being a grammar nazi 

[vetali]

2 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

Great timing for being a grammar nazi 

Nazis are generally losers, applies to grammer nazis as well.

[AlwaysFSX]

2 hours ago, vetali said:

Nazis are generally losers, applies to grammer nazis as well.

Rare photo of @techswedetrying to collect vetali

[TVwazhere]

Hmm.... I should probably be moderating this debate....

 

Carry on

[vetali]

6 hours ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Rare photo of @techswedetrying to collect vetali

Not nearly volatile or unstable enough.

 

I did see a freshly painted/new cat excavator being towed the other way on the highway this morning and thought of @techswede

[AlwaysFSX]

5 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

Hmm.... I should probably be moderating this debate....

 

Carry on

"Yup, that's a debate" closes tab

[flibberdipper]

Got a rather nice picture from my dad at the school: the car FINALLY has a face! After a few delays for parts we didn't think about, and then a good delay on the silver, it's finally back together. Aaaaaand now we have to get a battery for it since the one it has is very much unlikely to be reliable.

 

The only problem it has is the students learned how much of a bitch clear can be on bumper covers, so we may end up sanding that down and re-clearing it if we feel the need to do so. There's also the fact that this bumper has the chrome inserts on the corners, whereas this car doesn't actually have all the chrome (since it's a CX). Depending on how much of a bitch they are to remove (and how much it'd cost to get them painted), that miiiiiiight just be something I do when the car is in my grubby little paws because it kinda bugs me.

 

Oh and we're still tryna hunt down some rims to get when time allows. Probably throw some Hankook all-seasons on whatever we get for it (since they did a great job on our LeSabre) and  then keep the steelies for winter boots and sell off the shitty Michelin Defenders it has now since they've got plenty of life left.

 

EDIT: After being on the phone with him (since there's only so much you can do via texting), he said we're going to end up at least beating the hell out of it since the hood in particular is pretty damn orange peeled, and if that doesn't work well enough he'll sand it and the bumper down to re-clear. Kinda expected for first-year autobody students that aren't getting paid for it, so not a real surprise.

[RevoltTrain]

On 6/7/2021 at 1:28 PM, TVwazhere said:

Hows the "real" bronco look on the road? 

I've seen 2 so far, both with the sasquatch package. And boi are they damn hot

[TVwazhere]

14 hours ago, RevoltTrain said:

I've seen 2 so far, both with the sasquatch package. And boi are they damn hot

[vetali]

I just hope the Bronco ain't brodozed out by owners because they look pretty good outta the box.... but you know the meathead mentality will fester then suddenly people are adding 4 inch wheel spacers without flares and angry headlight grilles like their jeep brethren.

[TVwazhere]

Given both the delays in production and my own financial schedule, I'll probably wait until 2022-2023 before even thinking about a new Bronco. It also gives them time to develop both aftermarket parts as well as newer models for (maybe higher powered engines with manual trans's????)

[bcredeur97]

10 hours ago, vetali said:

I just hope the Bronco ain't brodozed out by owners because they look pretty good outta the box.... but you know the meathead mentality will fester then suddenly people are adding 4 inch wheel spacers without flares and angry headlight grilles like their jeep brethren.

They will do exactly this lol 

[TVwazhere]

A good start to my day

[AlwaysFSX]

2 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

A good start to my day

Dude same, 2 gatorades for $4? Not the worst deal.

[TVwazhere]

1 hour ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Dude same, 2 gatorades for $4? Not the worst deal.

They also have 1L Pepsi products, 2/$5 and I believe snapple products too

[AlwaysFSX]

3 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

They also have 1L Pepsi products, 2/$5 and I believe snapple products too

Haven't been a fan of Snapple for the longest time, they taste weird.

[bcredeur97]

Welp guys cars were fun we can’t afford them anymore now tho so what new hobby y’all picking up? XD